ZackB
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- 1997
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- Ford
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- Manual
First let me say that this forum is great. I just purchased a 1997 Ranger with 160K miles for my 16 year old. Our first project; besides changing oil, filters, etc., is to fix the loud squeaky serpentine belt. Now I have some mechanical experience however I'd appreciate any help offered. Its my guess that the tensioner is bad. If I put a 3/8 socket wrench in the top of the tensioned it doesn't budge, I thought that I should be able to get it to spring somewhat. So my plan is to replace the tensioner, pully and the belt. If you agree with my diagnosis can someone give me a brief rundown on the procedure to replace these items. If you don't agree with my thinking please set me straight. Thanks all.